---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and punishments; excluding human trafficking victims from certain court proceedings; effective date."
description: "Crimes and punishments; excluding human trafficking victims from certain court proceedings; effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 4224"
citation: "Oklahoma HB 4224 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boatman", "Daniels"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2958e53b-c505-4b7d-bea6-6acd976352b4"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB4224&session=2200"
source_hash: "3f9c8d411b0e2608b8cef1ee9d40683ba294cc6f02801ce12533bf1cb18f2f79"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
---

# Oklahoma HB 4224 (2022) — Crimes and punishments; excluding human trafficking victims from certain court proceedings; effective date.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 INT/hB/HB4224 INT.PDF)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/hB/HB4224 ENGR.PDF)
3. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/hB/HB4224 ENR.PDF)
4. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/HB4224 HFLR.PDF)
5. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/HB4224 SFLR.PDF)
6. **HB4224 FULLPCS1 JEFF BOATMAN-GRS.PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/House/HB4224 FULLPCS1 JEFF BOATMAN-GRS.PDF)
7. **House Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/HCS/HB4224 CS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Boatman — primary (person)
- Daniels — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-07** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-07** Authored by Representative Boatman
- **2022-02-08** Second Reading referred to Rules `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Withdrawn from Rules Committee
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Judiciary - Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary - Criminal Committee `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Authored by Senator Daniels (principal Senate author)
- **2022-03-14** General Order
- **2022-03-14** Coauthored by Representative(s) Virgin, Munson, McDugle, Phillips, Pae
- **2022-03-14** Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 86 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-14** Referred for engrossment
- **2022-03-15** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2022-03-15** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-03-24** Second Reading referred to Judiciary `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Reported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-18** General Order, Considered
- **2022-04-18** Measure passed: Ayes: 47 Nays: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Engrossed measure signed, returned to House `passage`
- **2022-04-18** Referred for enrollment
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled, signed, to Senate
- **2022-04-19** Enrolled measure signed, returned to House
- **2022-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-20** Approved by Governor 04/20/2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2958e53b-c505-4b7d-bea6-6acd976352b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).